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Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Montana · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 22

● As filed133 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1778

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Montana reported 133 priced lines covering 8,104 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,442 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 913 head. replacement cattle receipts at 799 head.

Montana Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Feb 22, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Billings, MT (LS-BL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,442Last week 2,028Year ago 7,257

Slaughter CattleReceipts 913Last week 821Year ago 412

Replacement CattleReceipts 799Last week 405Year ago 2,277

Compared to last week: Steers weighing less than 550 lbs were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, however higher undertones were noticed. Steers over 550 lbs sold mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Heifers under 450 lbs were too lightly tested last week to develop an accurate market trend, steady to higher undertones were noticed. Heifers over 500 lbs sold mostly 4.00-8.00 higher. Quality this week was mostly attractive to very attractive. Several feeder special sales were held this week. These sales offered buyers several load lots of home raised feeders as well as many large packages of uniform feeders. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly good to very good this week. Cattle this week were green. Many offerings were seen this week out of Northern Montana. Most of these offerings were thin fleshed and buyers offered these cattle strong premiums at times. Despite lower CME positions to end the week buyers were aggressive as seasonally, sales have started to lighten. The last Friday feeder special of the marketing season was held this past Friday. Market activity this week was mostly active to very active with many order buyers and farmer feeders ringside actively bidding on offerings. Weigh up cows sold on mostly light to moderate demand for mostly moderate to heavy offerings. Packer buyers backed up cows this week as they showed significantly lighter demand for slaughter cows. Warmer weather allowed for cow availability both in sale barns and delivered directly to the plant to increase. This allowed for packers to bid lower money of heavier supplies. Packers opted to send most high quality cows to feed this week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeding cows sold steady to 3.00 lower in a narrow comparison. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady in a narrow comparison. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold generally steady. Many of these offerings lost calves in the cold and snow last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	963	116.00	116.00
2	—	930	121.00	121.00
42	—	534	166.00–173.00	167.57
7	—	462	181.00–197.50	192.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	577	148.00	148.00
6	—	482	157.50	157.50
2	—	675	127.00	127.00
5	—	549	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,066	115.00–119.00	117.99
4	—	1,216	103.00	103.00
4	—	1,111	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
466	—	570	143.00–159.00	154.98
242	—	680	133.00–143.50	140.58
269	—	714	125.50–143.50	139.47
415	—	483	157.00–173.00	165.66
622	—	534	150.00–166.00	162.18
76	—	783	115.00–133.50	126.47
20	—	871	119.00–122.50	121.27
45	—	375	164.00–178.00	172.54
69	—	818	122.50–130.50	129.22
275	—	625	136.00–149.50	143.93
93	—	439	169.00–181.00	172.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	153.00	153.00
11	—	337	172.50	172.50
39	—	466	155.50–164.50	161.38
48	—	548	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	615	153.00–156.00	154.40
116	—	512	169.50–170.00	169.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	424	154.00–165.00	157.40
18	—	376	150.00–158.00	156.32
28	—	589	147.00–148.00	147.35
12	—	682	124.50–136.50	132.89
26	—	624	131.00–137.00	135.43
84	—	531	141.50–155.50	149.33
2	—	730	117.00	117.00
5	—	323	157.50	157.50
42	—	474	149.25–164.00	158.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	656	136.25	136.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	592	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	411	157.50	157.50
6	—	363	167.00	167.00
29	—	491	148.00–161.00	156.18
7	—	619	138.50	138.50
13	—	307	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	399	150.00	150.00
23	—	477	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	402	132.50	132.50
12	—	592	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	930	120.00	120.00
9	—	996	121.00	121.00
14	—	733	132.00	132.00
32	—	773	127.00–132.00	130.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	434	184.00–218.00	212.01
276	—	783	141.00–142.00	141.31
242	—	719	142.00–155.00	150.51
14	—	825	137.00–142.00	141.65
248	—	569	164.75–181.00	173.91
69	—	937	123.00–125.00	124.64
156	—	678	147.50–156.00	151.57
361	—	628	155.25–166.00	162.87
12	—	384	212.00–215.00	212.48
179	—	479	181.50–207.50	195.77
6	—	950	124.00	124.00
317	—	519	180.00–195.00	185.19
136	—	882	126.50–135.00	133.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	412	189.00	189.00
41	—	570	167.00	167.00
23	—	479	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
247	—	644	169.50–170.00	169.53
226	—	560	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	631	146.00–155.00	149.62
3	—	815	127.00	127.00
51	—	588	142.50–165.00	153.58
20	—	526	162.00–178.00	172.36
3	—	703	138.00	138.00
32	—	417	185.00–200.00	191.07
21	—	672	141.00–148.00	144.71
6	—	940	116.00	116.00
65	—	484	158.00–189.00	180.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	586	158.00	158.00
77	—	684	153.50	153.50
11	—	1,020	116.00–118.00	117.27
1	—	1,085	118.00	118.00
28	—	647	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	462	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	510	171.00–175.00	173.74
11	—	615	154.00	154.00
13	—	707	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	746	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	691	121.00	121.00
22	—	825	117.00	117.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,502	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	—	1,328	835.00–925.00	884.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,213	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,283	53.50	53.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	—	1,178	735.00–760.00	754.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	852	73.00–76.00	75.28

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	208	—	1,056	56.00–89.00	70.49
(<2 yrs)	Open	114	—	963	87.00–114.00	100.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,410	73.50	73.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	921	1,225.00	1,225.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	248	—	1,063	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,447.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,205	46.50–60.00	54.57
19	—	1,232	57.00–64.00	60.13
2	—	1,328	65.00	65.00
9	—	1,144	35.00–48.00	38.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,553	57.00–61.00	59.09
59	—	1,550	61.50–66.00	62.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,404	66.00–68.00	66.59
13	—	1,419	54.50–57.00	56.51
89	—	1,369	58.00–65.50	61.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	38.00–43.00	40.61
17	—	947	45.00–55.00	50.07
2	—	943	57.00–59.00	57.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,450	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,245	47.00–57.00	54.67
15	—	1,198	57.50–62.50	59.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,491	64.50–66.50	65.35
118	—	1,363	51.50–60.00	56.41
1	—	1,510	50.00	50.00
87	—	1,373	57.50–64.00	60.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,626	55.00–60.00	57.52
62	—	1,485	60.50–65.75	63.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,716	59.00–63.75	62.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,856	85.00–90.50	87.77
4	—	1,899	91.00–91.50	91.11
15	—	1,868	66.00–84.00	76.85
1	—	2,455	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,157	76.00–79.00	77.92
6	—	1,138	85.00–85.50	85.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	83.50	83.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Montana barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.